Incoming Associate Professor of Trombone Nick Platoff performs a recital including works by Hildegard von Bingen, Gesualdo, J.S. Bach, as well as his own compositions. The program will also feature students of the Shepherd School trombone studio.
Free, general admission
Repertoire
Bingen: O Felix Anima (arr. Nick Platoff)
Gesualdo: In Monte Oliveti (trans. Nick Platoff)
Sebastian Alvarez, Alec Eads, Chase Farrell, Michael Mazzerole, and Isaiah Vasquez, trombones
PAUSE
Bach: Suite No. 4 for Violoncello solo, BWV 1010
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourree 1 & 2
Gigue
Nick Platoff: Catharsis
Nick Platoff: Warm Family Hug
Artists
Nick Platoff harnesses the power of music to deliver compounding benefit to the world. He enjoys a multi-faceted career as a trombonist, composer/producer, singer, educator, conductor, and concert producer. After eight seasons as Associate Principal Trombone of the San Francisco Symphony, where he was appointed by Michael Tilson Thomas at age 23, Nick joined the Houston Symphony Orchestra as Principal Trombone in September 2024.
Nick loves using music to delight, inspire, and empower audiences, and does so in a wide variety of mediums and genres as a soloist as well as in collaboration with artists like Jacob Collier, KNOWER, esperanza spalding, Common, Metallica, Steve Lacy, Sigur Rós, Nu Deco Ensemble, the New York Philharmonic, and Yo-Yo Ma.
